Properties with fishing rights

09/02/2018

This week: properties with fishing rights – from an 18th-century watermill in Bedfordshire to a private estate in Dumfries & Galloway.

Derwent Lodge, Shotley Bridge, County Durham. This 1860s country lodge is surrounded by large gardens and comes with fishing rights on the River Derwent. The house has wood floors, open fireplaces and a fitted kitchen with an Aga. 5 beds, 2 baths, 5 receps, 2-bed annexe, stables, 7.6 acres £1.5m Strutt & Parker 01670-516123.

Dunlichity House, Farr, Inverness. A contemporary house on the outskirts of a village surrounded by highland countryside. It has a trout fishery run on a commercial basis, with two lochans stocked with trout, a fisherman’s bothy, stores and a fish preparation area. 4 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, 2-bed wing, 4-bed wing, gardens, boarding kennel, 12 acres. £1.3m+ Strutt & Parker 01463-719171.

Chalmore Hole Ferry House, Wallingford, Oxfordshire. A former ferryman’s cottage dating from 1913 with gardens leading down to a river. It comes with 57ft of river frontage and fishing rights and was occupied until the 1950s by the ferryman referred to in Jerome K Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat. 2 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, sun deck, parking, mooring, 0.25 acres. £950,000 Knight Frank 01491-844900.

Hastingford Fishery, Hadlow Down, Uckfield, East Sussex. This secluded smallholding has been run as an independent fishery and shoot. It has a spring-fed lake, pasture and ponds. The main lodge was previously used as a tea shop, but has now been granted part residential use. 1 bed, 1 bath, recep, office, dining kitchen, workshop, 32 acres. £935,000 Savills 01444-446062.

Nether Hall, Hathersage, Derbyshire. A Grade II-listed, 1840s mansion in the Peak District National Park. It is situated on the banks of the River Derwent, over which it has 605 metres of fishing rights. 7 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, billiard room, tower room, stables, 1-bed gate lodge currently let on protected tenancy, 55 acres. £3m Savills 0115-934 8020.